Custom match options will allow you to play Metal Gear Online matches ranging from 1v1 to 8v8 players

Some new details regarding the options for player numbers have been announced via the official Metal Gear Online Twitter account.

I have some good news this morning for fans of custom matches and additional options. After some deliberation, and thanks to your input, we have implemented a custom match option that allows for additional player numbers. When playing a custom match, you can select 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5, 6v6, 7v7, and 8v8 # of players.

A couple of questions that were asked on Twitter were answered as well, providing some further details. The setting for normal matches is 6v6 or 8v8. As you can see, the custom match options only offer even numbers of players on each side, as that is what the game is designed around. Furthermore, the game only supports real players, so there are no options for bots at this moment.

I’m sure MGO will be fantastic, but to be honest I’m not much of a multiplayer gamer. I might check it out but I doubt I’ll put much time into it. Same thing happened with GTA Online.
I’m a single player guy.

I know, I’m pretty much the same usually with games. I tried to play GTA Online for a while and leveled up to 60 or something, but it was just soooo boring. Heists finally released I think? After 1-2 years but no more interest to try it.

I believe this MP will be different though or wait, I KNOW it will be. I never got to play the other MGO much :).

Kol Leqejza

believe me the heists are worth it! but if u have no friends to play with, of course it won’t be as much fun. particularly in GTA’s case. and in all games who offer multiplayer.

Bramdeman

I agree

Ricardo Oe

Online is a good experience…multiplayer u can play thousands of times without getting bored…

#AHIDEOKOJIMAGAME

I’m the same way. I never got into multiplayer games. I just like story driven games too much and don’t see any entertainment(for me) to repeatedly play a confined area trying to kill other players. Once they do a MP experience when the end goal was not getting xp from killing other nameless soldiers and have a point to them. I will be on board with it. Kind of like Journey. The multiplayer was unique in that people had a common goal and they could help each other, or part ways and walk their own path.

Ricardo Oe

Whataa ???
U are crazy ??

Captain

Same

Kol Leqejza

some games, espacially those who offer more than ur usual deathmatches & capture modes, are worth checking. that goes for gta online & it sure as hell will be worth it for MGO3.

that comes from a guy who beat borderlands in singleplayer, so i know where u coming from. i would be surprised if u turn off motherbase infiltration

turkishgamer35

same here man but mgo2 was different only multiplayer game spend hours and played until servers down hopefully mgo3 gonna be same

WhatTheJuicay

MGO was my first online multiplayer game. Every other game I’ve played online, I’ve compared it to MGO. I think it was done perfectly. Nothing ever matched up to it. Uncharted 2/3 multiplayer came slightly close.. but I never played it deeper. The Last of Us came even closer.. some modes felt a lot like TSNE.. only thing that kept me from enjoying it more was the sluggish controls. I hate it. Nothing was as fluent as your character in MGO. I dont play FPS games so I only look forward to TPS.

Mmm

1v1! Woah, that’s great option, It will be like 2 Big Bosses fighting each other… oh wait did I just wrote… I didn’t mean two Naked Snakes 😛

Most of the (former) Kojima Productions Tokyo staff hasn’t been tweeting since thursday, most notably Kojima himself.

Kol Leqejza

are they even aware that they’re being renamed to konami studios LA? wtf is going on over there?! every detail i hear seem to fit into the big picture… but on the other hand: maybe it’s just bad comms. maybe they we’re forced to not to answer to any of those kojima/restructure question.

the only thing i know is that my brain hurts…

Ninja_Se7eN

And their tweets seem a little bit weird lately.
I think their account is under Konami supervision.

yea I wonder how those will be now that theres no “back step/ side roll/ knife”. the dive might be funny though. I hope we can tackle people.

WhatTheJuicay

but seriously.. we all know people only used 1v1 matches to boost in MGO.. lol. I loved and hated that level system at the same time. I hope they keep it but not make it so damn easy to delevel. Highest level I ever made was lvl 15. alternated between 13 and 14. Other than that, I never really cared for level as long as I had TSNE. 16player TSNE clusterfuck here we come!!

Kol Leqejza

wow, at least we got some good news this week. still depressed.

Batzi

Hopefully, Kojima Productions JP comes out and gives us some good news too!

Ninja_Se7eN

I know how you feel.
Try to think about something else, I’m focusing on Bloodborne related news :).

Hope everything turns out for the best.

Stormy Rain

We all know that feel. 🙁

Alberto Sánchez

Good news. At least Metal Gear Online is still going on into the right direction.

#AHIDEOKOJIMAGAME

Well, that’s good to know. At least if you have an odd number of friends playing Online, you won’t have to get a wild card player just to get a match started. And you know how bad it can get if you get a random person in your team.

Gatsu

Now that’s just too nasty D: …

Ninja_Se7eN

I’m sorry I know you shouldn’t do those things but I just couldn’t stop laughing the entire video xD!

Shalashaska

hahaha that was too funny and i think i might have laughed a little too much at that xD
Them People need Counter strike to discipline them. hehe I’ve never raged while playing games.. not even multiplayer.. when i was 12 i remember a guy who was so good at Counter strike that he’d take my head off in a split second. I just got better playing with them pros. Instead, nowdays you see 12-18 year olds screaming and crying over loosing 1-20 😛

Fancymole

Busy pressing them for info, hopefully I can get something good! :>

Mats

So is there one mode in MGO3, or is this the only mode that has been revealed so far?

I got so nostalgic looking at the magazine’s pages and the games, I actually read some of the articles.
Tell me to upload it somewhere else if the link’s not working.
Kojima’s interview is in page 24; The paragraph about Snake and Raiden’s asses is on the next page.

Or Quiet vs. Whoever… your own The End battle against someone even clever than the AI.

Pretty cool.

Solid O. #V

Just like old times…
😀

John Guerra

It would be very cool if they implemented some smart bots though.Maybe a 1v1 mode with bots on each team? Either way,they would have to make some seriously good AI for that to work though,just a thought.

ominonarepus

It shouldn’t be hard to do it. On Killzone for PS2, you can play against bots, even on CoD: Black Ops, and in hard mode, they are pretty hard!

Also, it would be great to practise, for example,with the mini metal gear, cause is a thing that maybe you’re not able to use very often, and when you do, you don’t gonna want to ruin it.

It could be a great option… or a training mode… like the Ground Zeroes is for The Phantom Pain.

John Guerra

I loved Black Ops bots because,believe it or not,we did not have any internet so as you could imagine,playing with bots was or only hope.And to this day,with internet,I still love to play with bots.
Just a nice little feature,wouldn’t hurt to add.

ominonarepus

True.

Most of the times I prefer play for fun with bots and try new weapons or perks than play with angry people.
Anyway, online is quite funny.

Nekkedsnake

maybe Kojima Productions will become its own entity, separate from Kocknami, and Kojima can do whatever the fuck he wants to do finally.

MichaelPayneV

Exactly, maybe he finds a New Publisher that could understand and finance him no matter how much he needs for his Games.

Rockstar Games is that Publisher/Developer, they are rich as Fukk, and there is chemistry between the Houser Brothers and Kojima, they respect each other, they innovated the Gaming Industry, The Houser Brothers created the Open World Concept, and Hideo Created Stealth.

Vegas

Guys, I am really looking forward to play with you all MGO3. If you guys want to, you can send me an invite on PSN so we can play Peace Walker. I can have all the names together in a message and send it to everyone from here in the PSN, so we can all play together (and its easier than something random ans nor organized). If you have a PS4, you may add me to so we can play MGO3 when out. This could be an Alpha phase for our MGI clan, if y’all are looking forward to it. Peace _/

Mini gear

im thekingassassin1 i always wanted to try PW coop

Vegas

I already tried, you won’t regret it xD tomorrow we may play 😀

#AHIDEOKOJIMAGAME

You should try it. PW is really fun and co-op is pretty great. vic boss and I just got our PW platinum trophies not to long ago playing co-op

Chris Jackson

That would be bad ass. My username is “Sholid”. I take it your ID is Vegas. No guaranteed times of when I play (due to college), but I’m sure something would work out.

Vegas

Well, lets just say I made my acc when I was eleven yo… so its not that simple xD i wish i had this name b4. Anyway, we shall play when you are available 😀

#AHIDEOKOJIMAGAME

I’m glad they didn’t retroactively remove “A Hideo Kojima Game” from the box covers at the end. Take that Konami!! Still. The song is bittersweet now more than ever

MichaelPayneV

Heh, funny how the 2 Covers that stand out the most are the PS4 and Steam.

Is anyone else hoping the mobile companion APP will have a huge update to that can turn your iphone/android into an idroid? like it telling you when the sun will rise shortly or set… lots of base management and customizations straight from your mobile?

Chris Jackson

Ground Zeroes was iDroid, it just wasn’t a game with all of that stuff in it. Phantom Pain will have the rest though.

G Yoh Aquino

bots would be great for people like me! (since I have bad internet connection)
please add bots KojiPro!
(it would be awesone if it’s like CS GO style–have a bot match(pub match); real players would eventually replace bots)

It does seem A LOT more responsive then Demon/Dark Souls, looks like what the Souls series should have been from the beginning.

MrVux007

well it depends what you like…if you like action/reflex exploding gameplay Bloodborne is for you..if you like medieval hack and slash style then dark souls/demons souls is for you…but all of those games were superb…

MichaelPayneV

I’d rather say that i like Games that don’t have delay from hitting the hit button, to the actual hit, and a Game that doesn’t punish you for opening a chest, and doesn’t take half or all of your life or all, all of the sudden for no reason.

Therefore from what i have seen, i don’t just prefer Bloodborne, but actually like it, and buy it once i find a Solid enough reason to get a PS4…or when it drops on Steam, either way i like what i see.

i was saying official info …and btw i wouldnt use Amazon as a source by that logic we would have MGSV on february 24…its a PS4 exclusive

MrVux007

on a side note,didnt amazon-france had Drive Club, Infamous, Killzone and other PS4 exclusives listed as incoming PC games aswell?

MichaelPayneV

From what i remember it had Fortza at some point, but i don’t remember any of the ones you mentioned here, t may, but i just don’t remember, so can’t say, but what i do know is that they had GTA V for PC efore the PC Version was announced, and Black Ops to before the game was revealed, so i trust Amazon France.

Well, Windows is a Microsoft platform, they are in the PC gaming business, so that’s different from Sony, who want to focus on their own gaming systems.

Gatsu

I am :D, it is waiting for me at home… I think!
Cant wait to experience this awesome and dark game.

I will go beyond death :)!

Mini gear

Getting it for birdsy today 🙂

Gatsu

Gratz :D, but damn it seems it’s available for some already, like for those who get it digitally I think ;C… EDIT* did some research and EU release is 25th T_T.

Stupid local store >:(, I wanna play it so baaaad ;D;D;D but gotta wait for tomorrow ARGH! I’m so hyped for this seriously, I love the Souls games and Dark Souls being my most favorite so far. Also the cool thing about this is, that I haven’t watched every trailer or gameplay demo of it, so I’m in for some nice stuff :).

It seems Bloodborne is amazing and continues the superb games series by From Software :D. So glad I got PS4.

does this the game have coop? (havent followed it but i like bloodborn and dark and demon souls). if so you and me can die all day togather

Gatsu

Well I did read some post about that, maybe 1 hour ago. It has some kind of similar coop like Souls games, I think need to be in same area for it to work and require some item.

But I didn’t want to read too much of the post ;). I’ve always enjoyed using the shield in Souls games, but BB gameplay is quite different so will be interesting to see how long I can survive without deaths.

I remember in Dark Souls 2 I died in maybe 10 minutes lol, but it was because fell down a cliff :D. Anyway, I wish every brave soul who step into Bloodborne good luck!

Gatsu

Oh nevermind, it say 25th day for release on my local store lol, so tomorrow then. I remembered it being 24 :).

decoyF0XX

I’m stoked as hell for this game!! Been watching various fights against the Cleric Beast and I keep getting more excited! I might just dump Dark Souls and move on to this, wish I could have finished that though.

Also, from the videos I’ve watched, although everybody says otherwise, it seems like Bloodborne is easier than Dark Souls. It probably is still hard as hell but many things make it look more comfortable like the fact that you can hold a bunch load of blood vials, you can sell items, and now the character moves faster.

Gatsu

If you ever try finish Dark Souls, you should definitely play the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. Trust me it is one of the BEST DLC imo that has ever been released :). So challenging and cool.

decoyF0XX

Mmm maybe I should have gotten the Prepare to Die edition then. This game is really long though so let’s hope I first of all finish the main game lol. Anyway, I was able to beat the Gaping Dragon today 😀 that shit was intense!!!

JonDoe

I know, I know,some people dont like him, but he has a point…

MichaelPayneV

It was all going so…O.K. until Gray Fox.

Come on, this guys sees Gray Fox in everything.

JonDoe

He really lykes Gray fox, XD

Raymondius

I don’t get it. 1st April. So what? What is the importance of 1st April in Japan apart from being the beginning of fiscal year? Some people think that the rest of the world live just as the Americans do. Sorry but the more videos they make, the more dumb they seem.

I’m not even going to mention the point of the video, which I’m sure everyone here know before watching it.

To be fair Aprils Fools Day isn’t just ‘celebrated’ in the US, also here (the Netherlands) and possibly other European countries as well, so it could also be in Japan.

Raymondius

Yeah, you’re right, I’m Spanish and although we dont’ celebrate it, we learn some things about it when we study English in school. What I meant is that not every western tradition is globally known. Anglo saxon countries usually have similarities, specially in northern Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, etc. But things common here in ‘Western World’ are extremely differents in Japan, for example (and viceversa).

Yeah, not to mention April 1st is the start of the new fiscal year in Japan, which is the reason they chose that date.

Ravenous

Yeah, it’s a bit of a thing here in Norway too, and all of my swedish, danish and even icelandic colleagues also “celebrate” the whole April Fool’s day thing, so it’s most definately not a strictly american thing.

this is great news! i’d love to play some 1v1 matches, great for training too 😀
i know we’re all in a depressing moment right now with kojima productions and all but life’s too short people and mgs5 will deliver, kojima deserves a huge celebration and most importantly, a holiday xD let’s continue this hype train. All aboard!! 😀

MichaelPayneV

I’m more confused than depressed, after April sth, then i can be depressed.

My_FutureDream

I’m confused too tbh, but i mostly feel worried for Silent Hills. i love the series and i finally feel that P.T and put the franchise back on the map. i guess it’s a we’ll see situation here.

Solidpnk

Good morning everybody!
Konami573ch uploaded the video showing BB with the seiko Watch. And at the end it
shoes a picture of the games and if I’m not mistaken it STILL has
“A HIDEO KOJIMA GAME”
above the Phantom pain .
I took a picture but it won’t let me upload here =(.

MichaelPayneV

That’s because the Video was made before Hideo Left, so they couldn’t change that.

Solidpnk

True, true .but.. we can still have hope right ?
as soon I saw the 10 hours ago i exploded with happiness .
I guess I got carried away .
We’ll see what happens hopefully in the next Kojima station .

MichaelPayneV

Yes, we can have, but at this point i think is better for Hideo for all of this to be True, because he wanted to leave MGS anyway, so leaving Konami would only make him free, available for New Projects.

I really hope that Hideo doesn’t feel the Phantom Pain…by that i mean that i hope he won’t go the Shinji Mikamy route and make his future games Metal Gear Copies, like The Evil Within, a RE4 Copy without the Humor of RE4, i really hope that Hideo’s next projects will be nothing like Metal Gear.

Solidpnk

Ohh . By all means i dont want him staying neither. Lol he’s breaking free from the shackles of konami. sorry but I forgot to mention that I’m happy that they might still add ” a hideo Kojima game” due to the picture . I completely understand what you mean. Some mgs fan’s don’t seem to want hideo to go but it’s for the best . It’s clusure For the mgs saga . After that Konami is just gonna mess up in the next “metal gear” installments . Like you said no copies of their old games.

I agree , he has the greatest imagination and he will no doubt surprise us with an all new game . I will stand by kojima no matter what he does!! And I know everyone here will too.

Solidpnk

Here it is. You can see the small letters but I’m pretty sure it says
” a hideo Kojima Game”

Amir

Not only that, it also includes the Kojima Productions logo. You can be sure that they’ve forgot to remove them.

Solidpnk

Yeah but I find it weird .
they instantly took it of the website
and it’s been a week since that erase of the name . I don’t think it takes more than a week to just remove the name and logo. Well we’ll see what happens . I just wanted to share that . Maybe they will upload a new video if they forgot then.
but, Damn that watch is sexyy Lol.

The video was probably made before all of this happened (there was a post about this on the site on March 18 so the video was made before that).

Solidpnk

Yeah I know ,but they could of fix that then . Why not fix it . It’s all just weird to me. Hopefully some more mgo news later this week or some update on anything .
Nyxus i’m Missing your articles about Kojimas pictures on twitter =/.
maybe strict it to one picture at least ? It won’t be like it used to be .

Amir

Yeah, it’s gonna take sometime for even the Konami staff to get used to not naming Kojima and Kojima Productions. And removing the logos from everywhere also takes time.
By the way, did you know the watch that Big Boss is wearing is the same watch Roger Moore wore in Octopussy.

would be funny of they made an error. Lol
they might also include a secret code within a picture praising Kojima .
oh man, I have heard it, But I haven’t seen it myself =(. I need to find that movie and watch it. I want that watch =( Lol

moto hellogoto

Bots would be great to fill in any missing people I think. Or people who quit until someone else joins. Kind of like how TF2 does it.

vic boss

Guys I don’t know why but I find this so fuc*ing funny, I mean MGS is my favorite saga but this is just hilarious.

The announcement of custom matches is a huge start for what we want. Lets make sure we keep showing them love and push our wants on them. For those who will complain about 1v1 or whatever understand that people like different pace so the freedom is good regardless. Having a option is better than not having any.

PrinceHeir

@Gatsu

Yo! Got Bloodborne Collector’s Edition.

The Collector’s Edition is weak, The box is exactly the same size as the game and there’s a mini book inside as well steelbook and DLC soundtrack(which can’t be played offline).

So basically i payed $20 more for a weak edition :

I don’t mind it since i want to give From Software/SCEJ some money, but damn they really should have made the edition better than we got.

I think EU has the best editions since i know US and JPN edition are similar(artbook is blue if i remember correctly)

Gatsu

Gratz Prince-chan :D, that is so awesome! No Im not jealous at all that you got to play it already XD… .

Anyway, first time I hear of Weak CE lol ;), I only get the normal BB today And im ready to die :).

@Nyxus:disqus No sign of the upcoming Kojima Station at KONAMI573ch. Or anywhere for that matter. I’m a little worried.

Silverius

I’m still not buying it, but they were always on time with Kojima station. Mmmmm, plot intensifies!

Kisuke the Sexy

I think it would be cool to have some options for asymmetrical multiplier, I know it’s a bit difficult to do as a custom game option, because balancing is something better left to a dedicated game mode. But I think it would be a blast if we could set up a 1V8 match where the solo player is loaded up with top of the line gear, and the 8 opponents (all with 1 life.) had to work together to cover each other’s asses, while the solo player worked to ether pick them off one by one, or to sneak in past their defenses and steal something. So basically team sneaking, but with one stealth badass against a group.

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